Updates on Disney’s latest projects at Walt Disney World keep flowing in at IAAPA 2018, with this morning hosting a breakfast presentation with Bob Chapek, chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products.

Disney’s presentation at IAAPA 2018 on Nov. 14 shed more light on what’s to come at Walt Disney World.

Star Wars Thrawn Alliances is the sequel to Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn novel. The story is about an alliance between Anakin Skywalker and Grand Admiral Thrawn both during the Clone Wars and the height of Imperial rule. Both stories partially take place on Batuu, the planet represented in the theme park land being constructed at Disney parks. Here are five things we learned about Batuu from the novel.

Black Spire Outpost is the name of the village inside of the upcoming Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at both Disneyland Resort in California and Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World. The new “Thrawn Alliances” book partially takes place on Batuu. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will open at Disneyland next summer and at Disney World in late fall 2019.[Read more…]

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is set to open summer 2019 in Disneyland, and late fall 2019 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World. The first sections of scaffolding have come down at the Hollywood Studios construction site, with a rock exterior underneath it. This photo report, with shots provided by our contributor, @bioreconstruct on Twitter, checks out the current construction progress as we power through the middle of the summer.[Read more…]

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is on its way to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, with an opening date sometime in 2019. This photo report, with shots provided by our contributor, @bioreconstruct on Twitter, checks out the current construction progress as we head into the summer months. [Read more…]